Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists in the Philippines are planning to target the 2017 Miss Universe pageant that is scheduled to be held in their country, The Foreign Desk reports, citing a secret jihadi social media channel.

The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites, confirmed that an ISIS-linked channel on the encrypted messaging app Telegram “posted an explosive belt manufacturing video and a timed hand grenade manual, and suggested to ‘create bomb for miss universe,’ referring to the beauty pageant to be held in the Philippines in January 2017.”

A #Filipino jihadi Telegram channel posted a video for making an explosive belt and suggested “Create bomb for miss universe” #MissUniverse

Abu Sayyaf, the most prominent jihadi group in the largely Christian Philippines, has pledged allegiance to ISIS. The group is known for kidnappings, beheadings, bombings, and extortion rackets.

Other Filipino terrorist groups known to operate in the Southeast Asian region have also pledged their loyalty to ISIS — including the Abu Dujana brigade, the Abi Khabib brigade, the Jund Allah brigade, and Abi Sadr.

In an ISIS-linked beheading video published in June, a Malaysian calling himself Abu Oun al-Malysi says, according to Vocativ:

For those who cannot move to the land of Syria, join the Mujahideen [jihadis] in the Philippines. If you cannot do that, send your sons to the land of jihad in the Philippines. And if you cannot send your sons, then send your money to support the Mujahideen.

The Philippine military, backed by the United States, has been combating Abu Sayyaf for more than a decade, notes Al Jazeera.